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posted Tue. Aug. 23rd.General Location: New Location: Assiniboine
Creek Trial Grounds north of Wagner, MT.
This year the MTBC fall (or late summer) field trial will be
located near Malta in north central Montana. The actual
grounds are about 20 miles north west of Malta.Directions
to grounds and photos of route.Contact Information:
Trial Co-chairs:
Todd Breitenfeldt: 406-498-5236, new email: toddb8877@gmail.com
Richard Beaver: 915-504-4793
Trial Secretary:
Jan Breitenfeldt: 406-498-3459, new email: jzbreit@gmail.com
Malta Hotels:Here are the dog friendly motels and their base prices: 1. Great Northern Motel, 406-654-2100. $85.60/night plus
$7.50 per dog. 2. Maltana Motel, 406-654-2610. $75.97 3. Riverside Motel & RV 406-654-2310. $57.78 4. Royals Inn Motel, 406-654-1150. $60 (has 4 dog
friendly rooms)
5. Sportsman Motel, 406-654-2300. $55 (has 12 dog friendly
rooms out of their 18 rooms)
None of these establishments have many reservations for this
weekend (as of 6-15-16) and it sounds like there are no
other big events in the immediate area that weekend.
Remember, Malta is a big bird hunting area so they will fill
up the NEXT weekend with lots of hunters for the start of
the MT bird hunting season. Also, the town is very dog
and hunter friendly.Grounds:
Assiniboine Creek Trial Grounds north of Wagner, MT.Here is a photo of the camping
spot and part of the grounds. It is old CRP with lots of
small rolling hills. True big western sharptail country.
We ask that all people stay off the grounds before the
trial. This is at the land owners request.Birds:
When scouted this spring, numerous coveys of sharptails were
observed. The club will be planting bob white quail.
Rattle Snakes:
The 3 local vets were contacted and all said they see very few
dog snake bites, so few that they do not carry
antivenom. The MTBC will have antivenom on site or the
vet on call will have some. Other locals and folks who
hunt the area say rattlers are very few but present.
This is Montana! It is recommended that your dogs have
the snake vaccine and have gone through snake avoidance
training. The major reason for the change of venue (from
the Sun River site) is that the Malta area is known for very
few rattlers.